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Draft Selections
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (DET)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Jordan Burch Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (DET)
Jordan Burch
DE-EDGE Oregon
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (DET)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Brennan Presley Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (DET)
Brennan Presley
WR Oklahoma State
Nohl Williams Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (DET)
Nohl Williams
CB California
Joey Slackman Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (DET)
Joey Slackman
DL Florida
Akheem Mesidor Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (DET)
Akheem Mesidor
DL-EDGE Miami
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Lions.

Some picks age like wine; Akheem Mesidor at pick No. 248 will need to, sitting 82 spots clear of his grade. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

The Majors pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. For all the activity, safety went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Job largely done: cornerback settled and 4 of 9 of the wish list covered. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick32 Rnd1 Tate Ratledge
In pick 32 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick64 Rnd2 Jordan Burch
Jordan Burch in No. 64 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick131 Rnd4 Jake Majors
Jake Majors at the Round 4 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick196 Rnd6 Brennan Presley
They reached into another round for Brennan Presley, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick225 Rnd7 Nohl Williams
A wild overpay on Nohl Williams in Round 7, Pick 9, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick228 Rnd7 Joey Slackman
They reached a country mile for Joey Slackman at pick No. 228, and the board is aghast. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick248 Rnd7 Akheem Mesidor
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Akheem Mesidor well ahead of where he belonged. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.